| license: apache-2.0 | |
| task_categories: | |
| - robotics | |
| tags: | |
| - vla | |
| - vision-language-action | |
| - lerobot | |
| - manipulation | |
| - smolvla | |
| size_categories: | |
| - n<1K | |
| # SmolVLA Base | |
| **SmolVLA** — A compact Vision-Language-Action model from Hugging Face for robot manipulation. Takes images + language instructions, outputs robot actions. | |
| ## Model Details | |
| | Field | Value | | |
| |---|---| | |
| | **License** | Apache 2.0 (commercial use ✅) | | |
| | **Input** | Multi-view images (256×256) + language instruction + proprioception | | |
| | **Output** | Robot actions | | |
| | **Framework** | LeRobot / PyTorch | | |
| | **Format** | Safetensors | | |
| ## Quick Start | |
| ```python | |
| from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download | |
| from lerobot.policies.smolvla.modeling_smolvla import SmolVLA | |
| # Download model | |
| snapshot_download(repo_id="BlackCatRoboticsAI/smolvla-base", local_dir="./smolvla") | |
| # Load policy | |
| policy = SmolVLA.from_pretrained("./smolvla") | |
| ``` | |
| ## Use Cases | |
| - Pick-and-place manipulation | |
| - Object sorting | |
| - Assembly tasks | |
| - Language-driven control | |
| ## Citation | |
| ```bibtex | |
| @misc{lerobot2025smolvla, | |
| title={SmolVLA: Small Vision-Language-Action Model}, | |
| author={Hugging Face}, | |
| year={2025}, | |
| publisher={Hugging Face} | |
| } | |
| ``` | |